Israeli Hebrew for Speakers of English is a series of Hebrew
language textbooks designed by a group of linguists and Hebrew
instructors at the University of Illinois. The books are
accompanied
by extensive audio materials and a "computerized workbook", both
available for free download from this website.

The series is designed with the following goals in mind:

Instruction in Hebrew as the language is really spoken in
Israel
today

Introduction of contemporary Israeli culture

Gradual and highly controlled introduction of grammatical
structures

Inclusion of very extensive practice material

Reading passages should have a highly controlled vocabulary

Very clear summaries of grammar and vocabulary will appear at
the
end of each chapter

Material will be suitable for college, adults and high schools

The series, published by Duben Books, consists of three
textbooks
covering elementary, intermediate and advanced-intermediate
Hebrew,
as well as a booklet that introduces the Hebrew alphabet. The
textbooks are used at major universities around the country, as
well
as in high schools and adult education programs.

Price and ordering
information
Follow the link below to purchase our books via the Internet, a
service provided by Paypal. Please note that there are two
prices for each book, one for class orders of five or more books and
the other for fewer than five books. Please choose the price
applicable to your order.

All orders are subject to shipping charges. You will be
prompted to enter your ZIP code so that shipping charges will be
computed and added to your order.

Note: We are selling current stock of Book II for only $28 rather than the normal price of $42 because the glue in the binding has dried up and, as a result, the pages come loose. After current stock is exhausted, we will reprint and the sell the books at the full price. Other than having loose bindings, the current books are in perfect condition.
Link to
price list and ordering
information

Audio

Israeli Hebrew audio material are
available
MP3 format. See the link below. Students and teachers are
authorized to download the files
and make audio CDs from the MP3 files for their own use or for
class
use. If you wish to create new audio material, we will be
happy
to post it on our website for others to use.

In some browsers clicking on files in the audio materials we
have
uploaded will play the file in your
browser, while in others the file will be downloaded to your
computer
for you to play in the MP3 player of your choice. In most browsers
ALT
(Option) clicking on the file will download it to your
computer. The files should also play on your iPod or
portable MP3
player.

Computer Assisted
Instruction

Now available: computer
assisted instruction
(CAI) to
accompany Israeli Hebrew Book One and Book Two. A very extensive
program of computer assisted instruction, originally developed
for
the University of Illinois PLATO Project, is available for
free
download. This material is
like a
computerized workbook for learning Hebrew. As you practice, your
computer corrects your mistakes.

Learning Hebrew with your computer is easy
and fun. Download
the
lessons and try it out.
(Sorry,
but we cannot offer support for problems running these files on
your
computer.)

Links:

Link to our MP3
download sites for FREE audio materials on the WWW to
accompany
the Israeli Hebrew
textbooks: Book
One
and Book
Two.